Job 7 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	הֲלֹא־ צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ [על־] (עֲלֵי־) אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃	“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?	“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
2	כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־ צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃	Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,	Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
3	כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־ שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־ לִֽי׃	so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.	so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
4	אִם־ שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־ עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־ נָֽשֶׁף׃	When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.	When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5	לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה [וגיש] (וְג֣וּשׁ) עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃	My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.	My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.
6	יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־ אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃	My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope.	“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
7	זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־ תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב׃	“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.	Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.
8	לֹֽא־ תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃	The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.	The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.
9	כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃	As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;	As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
10	לֹא־ יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־ יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃	he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.	He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more.
11	גַּם־ אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃	“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.	“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12	הֲ‍ֽיָם־ אָ֭נִי אִם־ תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־ תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃	Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?	Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?
13	כִּֽי־ אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃	When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’	When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14	וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃	then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,	even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15	וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃	so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.	so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.
16	מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־ לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־ הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃	I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.	I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
17	מָֽה־ אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־ תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃	What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,	“What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
18	וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃	visit him every morning and test him every moment?	that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
19	כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־ תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־ תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־ בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃	How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?	Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
20	חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃	If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?	If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
21	וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־ תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־ עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־ עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ פ	Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”	Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
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Job 7 Parallel Bible Translations